GOP House leaders call for criminal investigation of Foley

CNN ^ | 9-30-06

[dogbyte12]

The top three Republicans in the House assailed Rep. Mark Foley Saturday over his e-mails to a teenage male page and said his resignation was not enough.

Calling the incident "an obscene breach of trust," the congressmen released a statement saying, "[Foley's] immediate resignation must now be followed by the full weight of the criminal justice system."

"The improper communications between Congressman Mark Foley and former House congressional pages is unacceptable and abhorrent. It is an obscene breach of trust," read the statement issued by Majority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert of Illinois, and Majority Whip Roy Blunt of Missouri.

[Conservativegreatgrandma]

What are RATS going to say? They love gay pedophiles.

[Dane]

The strange thing about the Foley saga is - Why didn't the boy's parents call the cops? It would have made everything a lot easier.

Becuase there was no actual physical contact, just creepy e-mails and the parents asked that their son be left alone and not go through the hassle of the legal system, is my guess.

The IM's are totally different and I beleive to a different teenager than the page who worked in Rep. Alexander's office and who got the creepy but not sexually explicit e-mails.

[gidget7]

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Bears repeating!!!! What do we needs Dems for in order to destroy our party, when some of us would do a bang up job themselves!

[retMD]

The IM's are totally different and I beleive to a different teenager than the page who worked in Rep. Alexander's office and who got the creepy but not sexually explicit e-mails.

According to the news reports I've read and seen, you are correct - the IMs were to different teenagers. I think those teenagers were also pages, but I'm not sure. I did hear, however, that one page said his entire group of pages were "warned" about Foley, which suggests that SOMEONE in charge of the pages knew about Foley.

[frannie]

The aide to the congressman that brought it to an aide to Hastert said the family didn't want to push it. Just wanted it to stop./ The congressman would not reveal the exact communications. The Republican leaders have just found out the contents of the emails.

The Rep. leaders were told it was taken care of.

That is the gist of the article I read.

It was complicated but it was here on FR in detail, day by day and who contacted who. It is not any thing like the Dims. are telling it.

I am sure if the account I read is true it will never be in the MSM>

[tflabo]

This is old hat but ALL Pols need TERM LIMITS. Why is it that not the cream rises to the top in our DC pols but the scum slimes have taken over the pond.

[highball]

Boehner and Hastert are covering their asses. They knew this clown was a perv and let it slide.

If that's true, then they should be forced to resign as well.

Anyone who shelters a pedophile is as sick as the pedophile himself.

[Just mythoughts]

Have you never heard of "hate crimes", Republican have been bashed over the head as those responsible for special crimes against special people. So the Republicans advertised we have a big tent and here we are.

[Dane]

If that's true, then they should be forced to resign as well.

It isn't true. I'll beleive Hastert over the MSM.

On Friday, September 29, the Speaker directed his Chief of Staff and Outside Counsel to conduct an internal review to determine the facts and circumstances surrounding contact with the Office of the Speaker regarding the Congressman Mark Foley matter. The following is their preliminary report.

BTW foley's being booted is in direct contrast of how the democrats revere and give prestige to their scumbuckets, such as barney frank, ted kennedy, etc.etc.

[tylendel]

[i]He ain't perfect but when he found out what Foley was doing, he did the right thing and booted foley, unlike what a Speaker nancy pelosi would do if confronted with the same sitaution.[/i]

Oh please... Probably more than half the people on this board thought it was creepy that Foley had asked a 16 year old page for a picture well before we knew about the IMs. Are you trying to tell me that Hastert doesn't think it's creepy if a single, middle-aged male asks a 16 year old for a picture and makes bizarre references to other underaged boys who are in good physical shape? If that's what Hastert thinks, he needs a serious reality check.

[mware]

Kristin had a thread up yesterday about this. Hastert did not know.

[Dane]

Oh please... Probably more than half the people on this board thought it was creepy that Foley had asked a 16 year old page for a picture well before we knew about the IMs. Are you trying to tell me that Hastert doesn't think it's creepy if a single, middle-aged male asks a 16 year old for a picture and makes bizarre references to other underaged boys who are in good physical shape? If that's what Hastert thinks, he needs a serious reality check.

When this first came about, Alexander's office told the leadership that the e-mails were non-sexually explicit, but considered overtly friendly. The page's parents wanted the e-mails to stop and not drag their son into a further investigation. That was done, foley was told and stopped the e-mails.

It was only on Friday that the sexually explicit IM's to another page were reported and foley was immediately booted, unlike what would have been typical democrat action.

I ain't defending scumbucket foley, but the original e-mails were not sexually explicit and Rep. Alexander's office and House leadership repected the wishes of the parents not to investigate further. Are you saying the parents wishes should have been disregarded?

[tylendel]

I ain't defending scumbucket foley, but the original e-mails were not sexually explicit and Rep. Alexander's office and House leadership repected the wishes of the parents not to investigate further. Are you saying the parents wishes should have been disregarded?

I'm saying that though they may not have been sexually explicit, the e-mails were certainly creepy enough to warrant further investigation. And yes, in this case, the parents wishes should have been disregarded... The safety of other children working in the same environment should have been of the utmost concern. It's unfortunate it would have come to this, but at least this page would have realized an important lesson about politics: sometimes you need to put the good of the others above your own personal desires.

[Dane]

BTW, Hastert did not know the exact text of the original e-mails, only an overview and that was overview was that the e-mails were not sexually explicit but overly friendly and Rep. Alexander's office and House leadership respected the wishes of the page's parents to have the e-mails stopped and not to investigate further.

But you go right ahead and spew speculation while I will rely on facts.

[Dane]

I'm saying that though they may not have been sexually explicit, the e-mails were certainly creepy enough to warrant further investigation. And yes, in this case, the parents wishes should have been disregarded...

Yah know it is easy for you to act like a keyboard commando, especially with you hubris that a parents wishes should be disregarded. I guess you know better to raise their children.

[tylendel]

Alright, so maybe Hastert didn't know the exact text. If the parents were concerned enough to ask to have the emails stopped, then Hastert should have still asked to see the e-mails and then started the investigation.

[Dane]

If the parents were concerned enough to ask to have the emails stopped, then Hastert should have still asked to see the e-mails and then started the investigation.

But the parents did not want a further investigation. How can you have an investigation without the parent's consent.

[tylendel]

If you suspect that there's something bad going on (as you should if the page's parents have asked you to make sure the e-mails stop) you put the welfare of all the other pages over the desires of that one set of parents.

[Dane]

If you suspect that there's something bad going on (as you should if the page's parents have asked you to make sure the e-mails stop) you put the welfare of all the other pages over the desires of that one set of parents.

So just ignore the parents wishes. They did not want their son dragged into an ivestigation. I'm sure if there had been more e-mails they would have called for an investigation, but there weren't.

It's scary on how cavilierly you wish to disregard the wishes of the parents.